TONO is now awarding NOK 15,502,000 to a total of 653 scholarships, divided into 386 TONO scholarships and 267 Young Talent scholarships.
/ 16/05/2024 / Willy MartinsenEveryone who applied for a TONO scholarship or Young Talents scholarship this year has today received an email from TONO informing them whether they have been awarded a scholarship this year or not. The scholarship committee has based its work on the criteria described on tono.no, which were announced when the scholarships were announced on March 6, 2023.
Scholarship recipients will receive the money in week 21.
This year, a total of NOK 13,740,000 in TONO scholarships will be awarded, at three main levels. It is assigned 11 scholarships of 120,000 kroner, 43 on 60 000 kroner and 324 on 30 000 kroner. It was also In four cases, grant sums of NOK 30,000 were distributed to two people, so that each was awarded NOK 15,000. These were cases where two applicants had applied for a grant for the same project. This year, TONO is awarding a total of NOK 1,762,000 in Young Talents scholarships – across 267 scholarships, at three levels. There are 13 scholarships of NOK 10,000, 54 of NOK 8,000 and 200 of NOK 6,000.
Here you can see an overview of this year's scholarship recipients:
Recipients of TONO Scholarship 2024
Recipients of Young Talents Scholarship 2024
The scholarship committee's decision may be appealed to TONO's board within three weeks of the applicant receiving notification of the decision. The right to appeal only applies to the case processing, not the committee's discretion.
The financing of the TONO grant is carried out through the cultural funds in accordance with §58 of TONO's statutes. In accordance with the statutes, a deduction of up to 1/10 of the settlements for each TONO rights holder is made before the distribution of the total net amount. In 2023, this deduction amounted to 7 percent of TONO's distribution sum.
The cultural funds are distributed so that 2/3 go to national music and cultural purposes through NOPA, the Norwegian Composers' Association and the Music Publishers, and the remaining 1/3 goes to scholarships. The scholarship share is further distributed, where 1/8 goes to the Music Publishers' scholarships and 7/8 goes to the TONO scholarship. You can read more about the cultural funds here: https://www.tono.no/om-tono/kulturelle-midler/
This year, the scholarship committee consisted of Hilde Marie Holsen (NKF), Julian Skar (NKF), Tore Thomassen (NOPA), Tove Kragset (NOPA), Helga Myhr (independent), Ole Børud (independent, chair) and Anthony W. Smith (MF).